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george bush would say are you kidding? cut taxes for the wealthy that's not what i'm interested in doing. >> sort of the explanation of mitt romney is more what andrew sullivan has said, that he's just a salesman. so if he's in front of audience a, the sell is this. if he's in front of audience b, the sell is that and he's doing marketing proposals for whatever audience is in front of them because the real mitt romney is just a businessman and willing to sell the product to whoever it is, whether left, right, thought of being an ultraliberal would get him to be president he would say that. i just need the 51% i need, get me what i need. >> now he cares about the 100% and channeling the specter of h.w. bush and adopting the trickle down government line which to me, howard, you can explain this to everybody, to me that was do i end up with the department of homeland security in my spare bedroom? what does trickle down government mean and isn't this just the right trying to take a weakness the notion that the failed theory of
george bush would say are you kidding? cut taxes for the wealthy that's not what i'm interested in doing. >> sort of the explanation of mitt romney is more what andrew sullivan has said, that he's just a salesman. so if he's in front of audience a, the sell is this. if he's in front of audience b, the sell is that and he's doing marketing proposals for whatever audience is in front of them because the real mitt romney is just a businessman and willing to sell the product to whoever it is,...
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i didn't vote for the george bush prescription drug program, again, hundreds of billions, i didn't vote for the very large tax cuts for the very wealthy, some of which we've undone, john boehner voted to incur more debt than i did. i want to point at the hypocrisy of some of the conservatives, if you vote for the war in iraq, i did vote for the war in afghanistan, but believe it is time to end that. this is much more at the feet of the conservatives unless they want to disclaim any responsibility for medicare. >> so here is my idea, i want to throw a demand in the mix, as someone who is a veteran legislator, i want your thoughts. my new demand, the president should say i'm not going to find anything unless he gets rid of the debt ceiling statutorily altogether. we had the cuban missile crisis, and eventually somebody is going to push the button. >> i am not in favor of the president borrowing the republican tactics, i appreciate you using it in a good way, the republicans in the house have a right to try to repeal the health care bill that they didn't like. what you don't have a right t
i didn't vote for the george bush prescription drug program, again, hundreds of billions, i didn't vote for the very large tax cuts for the very wealthy, some of which we've undone, john boehner voted to incur more debt than i did. i want to point at the hypocrisy of some of the conservatives, if you vote for the war in iraq, i did vote for the war in afghanistan, but believe it is time to end that. this is much more at the feet of the conservatives unless they want to disclaim any...
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it says, governor george w. bush. so he's wearing his name twice in both of his last two job title as well on the clothing on the back of his book. this is a thing that i do not specifically have a specific question. i just think it's amazing and i would like to talk with mr. bush about it. i don't -- again, i don't so much have questions about the name and the job title in two places, i just -- i would just like to draw him out about it. i think i could do that. here's something i do have a question about, though. one of the ways we tried to get an interview with george w. bush this year was by entering a facebook contest in which you submitted questions for mr. bush and if -- i don't know if it was mr. bush himself his handlers, if they liked your questions then you would win the contest and be allowed to interview him. we did not win, surprise. one of the questions we submitted, however, as part of our application was this very serious one. are you comfortable with every death sentence that was carried out under yo
it says, governor george w. bush. so he's wearing his name twice in both of his last two job title as well on the clothing on the back of his book. this is a thing that i do not specifically have a specific question. i just think it's amazing and i would like to talk with mr. bush about it. i don't -- again, i don't so much have questions about the name and the job title in two places, i just -- i would just like to draw him out about it. i think i could do that. here's something i do have a...
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i knew for sure that john kerry won all three of his debates against george bush. but of course he didn't. this is a good time to think about what it means to win a debate. in high school and college debates there are judges to decide which debaters who actually won. those debates have real winners. winners who get real trophies. no one got a trophy but plenty of people guessed at who would have gotten a trophy. the question is they were debating for votes and those votes wouldn't be counted until next month. so all of the winner talk you have withbeen hearing is just guessing and all of the guessers have been wrong before. my guess is about who won debates have been wrong many times which is why it was so easy for me to resist guessing who one last night. you know court reporters are smarter about this. court reporters have seen high priced defense lawyers deliver brilliant closing arguments. court reporters don't even say who won. they wait, they wait hours sometimes days for the jury to vote and then tell them who won. court reporters see lawyers with the best a
i knew for sure that john kerry won all three of his debates against george bush. but of course he didn't. this is a good time to think about what it means to win a debate. in high school and college debates there are judges to decide which debaters who actually won. those debates have real winners. winners who get real trophies. no one got a trophy but plenty of people guessed at who would have gotten a trophy. the question is they were debating for votes and those votes wouldn't be counted...
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romy will have a george w. bush for ren policies, two were george w. bush for ren policy advisors. dan senor was the guy telling everybody the war was awesome and the other to be america's ambassador to the world on war crime issues while the administration was setting up secret prisons and torturing people. >> unless you believe mitt romney's foreign policy will be anything like george bush's foreign policy lets the george bush foreign officials advising mitt romney that that is not the case. chris hayes, up with chris hayes you can watch every saturday and sunday. nice to have knew always a pleasure. >> is this a situation we have two worlds that don't overlap, having the iraq war spokesman speaking on your behalf doesn't seem like a bad thing to republicans? >> i have pondered this for a long time. i genuinely don't understand this. you watch the republican primary debates and turn to foreign policy. there has to be some space between ron paul and dick cheney and no one is occupying it. either an incredibly isolationist agenda of ron paul not majority position of american politi
romy will have a george w. bush for ren policies, two were george w. bush for ren policy advisors. dan senor was the guy telling everybody the war was awesome and the other to be america's ambassador to the world on war crime issues while the administration was setting up secret prisons and torturing people. >> unless you believe mitt romney's foreign policy will be anything like george bush's foreign policy lets the george bush foreign officials advising mitt romney that that is not the...
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this is the same old george w. bush argument. they thought that this made it seem less scary. >> for younger people. what we said then, and what i've always agreed, is let younger americans have a voluntary choice of making their money work faster for them within the social security system. that's not what mitt romney's proposing. what we're saying is no changes for anyby 55 and above. >> when charlie pierce from boston wrote up that moment from the debate at "esquire" magazine today he wrote this. "you could hear the screams from romney headquarters all the way up the charles to where i was watching." democrats have so far been keeping their powder dry on this very, very potent issue. on the republicans wanting to privatize social security. not just privatizing medicare, and thereby getting rid of it, which has been an issue in this campaign, but privatizing social security and thereby getting rid of it. before last night, that was paul ryan's record and it was george w. bush's record. but nobody knew if romney and ryan were goi
this is the same old george w. bush argument. they thought that this made it seem less scary. >> for younger people. what we said then, and what i've always agreed, is let younger americans have a voluntary choice of making their money work faster for them within the social security system. that's not what mitt romney's proposing. what we're saying is no changes for anyby 55 and above. >> when charlie pierce from boston wrote up that moment from the debate at "esquire"...
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and president george w. bush should know better! because the tradition of actually pardoning a turkey for thanksgiving began with his father, george herbert walker bush, 22 years ago. next up, noted islamphobe pamela geller is warning against the islamization of thanksgiving through butterball turkeys. is that true or false? yes, that is true. but what else would you expect from the woman behind the campaign against the ground zero mosque, which was neither a mosque nor at ground zero. in an article published this week in the american thinker -- i'll let that sink in -- in an article published this week in the "american thinker," geller asserts that all butterball whole turkeys are certified that lal. she bases this on a communication between one of her blog commenters and a butterball representative, which i think means somebody called the turkey talkline. so geller is now calling for a boycott of butterball. so we contacted butterball to ask them if their the turkeys are certified halal. and here's their statement in response. "ou
and president george w. bush should know better! because the tradition of actually pardoning a turkey for thanksgiving began with his father, george herbert walker bush, 22 years ago. next up, noted islamphobe pamela geller is warning against the islamization of thanksgiving through butterball turkeys. is that true or false? yes, that is true. but what else would you expect from the woman behind the campaign against the ground zero mosque, which was neither a mosque nor at ground zero. in an...
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ever any time we have asked president george w. bush to be on the show. now we have a new cause for hope. he's holding a contest of facebook. if you win the contest on facebook, you get to fly to dallas to interview george w. bush in person. which i very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very much want to do. to enter the contest, up to submit interview questions you want to ask. we got tons of suggestions from you guy. yesterday, i practiced asking a few of the more promising questions with kent jones. i don't know how that went really? i mean, did that go okay? i can't really tell. we really want to win, but this is hard. we have never done anything like this before with our show. i mean, live tv is one thing, but a video for a former president in the what is the most compelling approach? where is this on the tv production continuum between the bookends of "meet the press" and "jersey shore." do you go for funny? substantive? substantive funny? surreal? austen tashs lack of intellectual heft. when he looks at our application, what is he going to like
ever any time we have asked president george w. bush to be on the show. now we have a new cause for hope. he's holding a contest of facebook. if you win the contest on facebook, you get to fly to dallas to interview george w. bush in person. which i very, very, very, very, very, very, very, very much want to do. to enter the contest, up to submit interview questions you want to ask. we got tons of suggestions from you guy. yesterday, i practiced asking a few of the more promising questions with...
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it is true that george bush didn't get any going. under the obama presidency, in fact, what they said is a complete lie. >> look, the republicans have taken issue with the fact that there is more domestic oil production now than at any other time or under george bush. they say that's a credit to george bush's policy and they say they increased exports, because you have more demand from places like china. logic doesn't seem to be something this party is in favor of. two years ago almost to this month, we had one of the worst environmental crises in this country. let's not forget the japan nuclear disaster. on the heels of that, not only are we not embracing any alternative sources of energy, we are pillaring those including the president that called for a reasonable, rational multi-faceted portfolio for energy production which is not only irresponsible but ludicrous. >> this is a poll the quinn epea ac poll showing now that president obama is at 47 in pennsylvania. mitt romney at 39. a little over a month ago, they were basically tied
it is true that george bush didn't get any going. under the obama presidency, in fact, what they said is a complete lie. >> look, the republicans have taken issue with the fact that there is more domestic oil production now than at any other time or under george bush. they say that's a credit to george bush's policy and they say they increased exports, because you have more demand from places like china. logic doesn't seem to be something this party is in favor of. two years ago almost to...
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i once asked nancy pelosi at a live event, when george bush came back after reelection and said he wanted to privatize social security, how did you beat that? she said, well, there was a big fight in washington about whether or not we should put up our own plan for doing something else to social security besides privatizing and i quashed all that, i used my power in washington to say no. we have a plan. we do have a plan on social security. you want to know what it's called? it's called social security. she felt that playing pure defense on that, no, we need to protect this thing that americans know and love was the way that president bush not only lost that fight but i think it -- it was a part of of the economic reason his second term was scuttled. do you think democrats is something to learn from that here? >> i remember the meetings around that very, very well. again, part of the calculation there is the majority of americans do not trust republicans on this issue. so president bush really put himself out there and then he didn't frankly have an answer that assuaged people's concerns
i once asked nancy pelosi at a live event, when george bush came back after reelection and said he wanted to privatize social security, how did you beat that? she said, well, there was a big fight in washington about whether or not we should put up our own plan for doing something else to social security besides privatizing and i quashed all that, i used my power in washington to say no. we have a plan. we do have a plan on social security. you want to know what it's called? it's called social...
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jay powell served for deputy secretary of finance for george bush, and he is used to making choices so he sat down to figure out what options we have if we don't raise the debt creeling in august, and, oh, my god, they are not pretty. if we blow through the limit, we won't pay 40 to 45% of the bills. let's say we start by paying off the interest on the debt, and continue to keep paying the bills for medicare and medicaid and social security, and the troops. that is it. that is all we can do. at that point we shut off money no fbi and the troops don't get the paychecks and the troops don't get benefits and the courts shut down and so do the national nuclear programs and i hope you weren't trying to keep an eye on any loose fissile material. and the troops will go home with the food inspections. and the people repairing the federal highways take a hike. the irs shuts down and not fun if you are waiting for a refund, and no one is inspecting the food. and speaking of food, poor families stop receiving food stamps, and the department of education stops receiving pell grants. so if you were
jay powell served for deputy secretary of finance for george bush, and he is used to making choices so he sat down to figure out what options we have if we don't raise the debt creeling in august, and, oh, my god, they are not pretty. if we blow through the limit, we won't pay 40 to 45% of the bills. let's say we start by paying off the interest on the debt, and continue to keep paying the bills for medicare and medicaid and social security, and the troops. that is it. that is all we can do. at...
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former florida governor jeb bush defended his brother. former president george w. bush. he had sharp words for the man currently sitting in the oval office. >> i love my brother. he is a man of integrity, courage and honor. mr. president, it is time to stop blaming your predecessor for your failed economic policies. you were dealt a tough hand. you were dealt a tough hand but your policies have not worked. in the fourth year of your presidency, a real leader would accept responsibility for his actions and you haven't done it. >> speaking of former presidents, what would a republican convention be without an over the top tribute to ronald reagan? enter the desi/lucy of the gop, newt and calista gingrich who took for the stage in an unusual two-for-one performance. >> governor romney will return america to work and to the principles that are at the core of president reagan's legacy. >> now, each of us must commit ourselves in the tradition of ronald reagan to come together. president reagan said there is no substitute for victory. >> mark halperin, we know you are out ther
former florida governor jeb bush defended his brother. former president george w. bush. he had sharp words for the man currently sitting in the oval office. >> i love my brother. he is a man of integrity, courage and honor. mr. president, it is time to stop blaming your predecessor for your failed economic policies. you were dealt a tough hand. you were dealt a tough hand but your policies have not worked. in the fourth year of your presidency, a real leader would accept responsibility...
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but a lot started in george w. bush. they forgot that. and they remember electing a somewhat downhome texas governor who almost destroyed the country. >> well, at this point, remember there was that one billboard that went up saying miss me yet? that was the picture. if rick perry gets the nomination, liberals will start to put up that billboard. >> we remember when we had this smart i want lek chul lectual liquers you. >> congratulations on your move, thanks for being here. >>> mitt romney likes to tell unemployed people he meets on the campaign trail that he's unemployed too. while he was practicing sinkers like that, democrat counselor was drafting a budget plan aimed >>> in 1989, the berlin wall coming down. a cathartic occasion and a massive destruction of a work of art. the start of the end of the ussr. with a was the more obvious symbols and means of repression in the world is the largest canvass in the world for artists. now more than two decades later, something else that the east german regime used for practical purposes has sur
but a lot started in george w. bush. they forgot that. and they remember electing a somewhat downhome texas governor who almost destroyed the country. >> well, at this point, remember there was that one billboard that went up saying miss me yet? that was the picture. if rick perry gets the nomination, liberals will start to put up that billboard. >> we remember when we had this smart i want lek chul lectual liquers you. >> congratulations on your move, thanks for being here....
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but a lot started in george w. bush. they forgot that. and they remember electing a somewhat downhome texas governor who almost destroyed the country. >> well, at this point, remember there was that one billboard that went up saying miss me yet? that was the picture. if rick perry gets the nomination, liberals will start to put up that billboard. >> we remember when we had this smart intellectual liquers you. >> congratulations on your move, thanks for being here. >>> mitt romney likes to tell unemployed people he meets on the campaign trail that he's unemployed too. while he was practicing sinkers like that, democrat counselor was drafting a budget plan aimed at putting 2 million real americans to work. [ artis brown ] america is facing some tough challenges right now. two of the most important are energy security and economic growth. north america actually has one of the largest oil reserves in the world. a large part of that is oil sands. this resource has the ability to create hundreds of thousands of jobs. at our kearl project in can
but a lot started in george w. bush. they forgot that. and they remember electing a somewhat downhome texas governor who almost destroyed the country. >> well, at this point, remember there was that one billboard that went up saying miss me yet? that was the picture. if rick perry gets the nomination, liberals will start to put up that billboard. >> we remember when we had this smart intellectual liquers you. >> congratulations on your move, thanks for being here. >>>...
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bush. are you kidding? this cast of paladino and sharron angle and rand paul, they make bush look like -- >> you can catch the "the last word with lawrence oo'donnell" each week night at 10:00 p.m. eastern time. >>> new investigation finds a cia officer was warned before the attack of an american based in afghanistan that left key cia agents dead. where was the breakdown in communication? >>> and president obama's out raking in big bucks for the democrats' war chest. how much money do you need to gain access to the first couple? ♪ [ upbeat instrumental ] [ rattling ] [ gasps ] [ rattling ] [ laughing ] [ announcer ] close enough just isn't good enough. - if your car is in an accident, - [ laughing continues ] make sure it's repaired with the right replacement parts. take the scary out of life with travelers. call or click now for an agent or quote. ♪♪ check the news online weather, check the time ♪ ♪heck the wife, eck the kids ♪ ♪ check your email messages ♪ check the money
bush. are you kidding? this cast of paladino and sharron angle and rand paul, they make bush look like -- >> you can catch the "the last word with lawrence oo'donnell" each week night at 10:00 p.m. eastern time. >>> new investigation finds a cia officer was warned before the attack of an american based in afghanistan that left key cia agents dead. where was the breakdown in communication? >>> and president obama's out raking in big bucks for the democrats' war...
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they made everybody forget the george bush years. maybe they can forget the earmarks and who used them. it does fit into the christian redemption theme. you know, if you admit your sins, you can be forgiven and be admitted through the gates of the tea party, i guess. >> speaking of forgiveness, to treat a freshly elected, soon to be freshman representative with who said she wasn't sure she'd support john boehner for speaker of the house, to say, well, okay, what if we gave you a title in it management here, this is the darnedest thing i've ever heard. what is the premise here? is it that kind of naked bribe, or is it that she has the michelle bachmann hair helmet? >> i think all of that plays into it. the naked bribe is almost a bonus. the real interest is to make a gesture to the incoming tea party freshmen to say -- from boehner and cantor, we care. we don't want to be at war with you tea party people. we want you to -- we want to co-op with you. we'd like to find one of you who happens to look like michele bachmann and bring her i
they made everybody forget the george bush years. maybe they can forget the earmarks and who used them. it does fit into the christian redemption theme. you know, if you admit your sins, you can be forgiven and be admitted through the gates of the tea party, i guess. >> speaking of forgiveness, to treat a freshly elected, soon to be freshman representative with who said she wasn't sure she'd support john boehner for speaker of the house, to say, well, okay, what if we gave you a title in...
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bush into the air national guard. >> the story revolved around documents that discredited george w. bush's performance in the guard. certain documents could not be authenticated. 60 minutes had to admit they made a mistake. >> we made a mistake. i'm sorry for it. cbs news embarked on a mission to prove to the public it was worthy for their trust. >> having acknowledged standards were violated, cbs news named a panel to # investigate what went wrong. thornburgh and lewis. >> the independent blue panel released the findings. they were highly critical of the news organization. >> a major shakeup at cbs. >> the panel found the report on 60 minutes to be full of errors. >> the producer who's reputation was you considered so solid the panel found few had questioned her reporting. she was fired, three superiors asked to resign. >> as were dan rather, he stepped down as anchor of the cbs evening news in march the same year in a move widely believed by the controversy. >> to my fellow journalists. reporting the truth is risking all top. each of you courage. >> given the obvious similarities
bush into the air national guard. >> the story revolved around documents that discredited george w. bush's performance in the guard. certain documents could not be authenticated. 60 minutes had to admit they made a mistake. >> we made a mistake. i'm sorry for it. cbs news embarked on a mission to prove to the public it was worthy for their trust. >> having acknowledged standards were violated, cbs news named a panel to # investigate what went wrong. thornburgh and lewis....
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bush argument, not only do tax cuts create jobs, the evidence that they do is right there in the george bush presidential record for all to see. for nearly all of the two terms mr. bush serve as president, the bush tax cuts were in effect. the tax cuts he signed into law in 2001 were accelerated later, one that had the words job and growth in the title. they were designed to create jobs and president bush claimed his record shows there was job growth during his administration. and he's right. 1.1 million jobs, according to the u.s. department of labor, 1.1 million jobs over nearly eight years. so george w. bush isn't lying when he says his administration created jobs in an economy featuring lower tax rates. what's not clear is the cause and effect relationship between the tax rates and the jobs. he lowered tax rates from the era of president clinton. lower taxes create more jobs serum. mr. bush's administration saw more job creation than did mr. clinton's? actually, no. by a factor of 20 or so. wrong by 2000%. the eight years of president bill clinton, the country netted 22.7 million jo
bush argument, not only do tax cuts create jobs, the evidence that they do is right there in the george bush presidential record for all to see. for nearly all of the two terms mr. bush serve as president, the bush tax cuts were in effect. the tax cuts he signed into law in 2001 were accelerated later, one that had the words job and growth in the title. they were designed to create jobs and president bush claimed his record shows there was job growth during his administration. and he's right....
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all that, plus george w. bush's new book, the u.s. senator who's taking credit now for a bill he used to say would kill you, and the perfect gift, just in time for mother's day. it's "the rachel maddow show," starting right now. >>> today in washington, all 41 republican senators lined up unified along with one democrat, ben nelson of nebraska, and they all bravely insisted that wall street reform not be debate the on the floor of the united states senate. just to be clear here, they did not vote wall street reform down, they voted to not allow it to be discussed. even without ben nelson, democrats have 58 votes in the senate on this, a huge majority in favor of passing wall street reform. but republicans are filibustering, they are insisting that it not even be talked about on the senate floor. which is not to say the negotiations on this are over. republicans say they do want to keep talking. they just don't want to do it in the senate. you know, where people can see. republican senator richard shelby reportedly still trying to work
all that, plus george w. bush's new book, the u.s. senator who's taking credit now for a bill he used to say would kill you, and the perfect gift, just in time for mother's day. it's "the rachel maddow show," starting right now. >>> today in washington, all 41 republican senators lined up unified along with one democrat, ben nelson of nebraska, and they all bravely insisted that wall street reform not be debate the on the floor of the united states senate. just to be clear...
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what george w. bush proposed trying internationalerrorism suspects in u.s. federal courts, the outcry from congressional republicans at the time sounded like this. when barack obama proposed doing exactly the same thing, it sounded somewhat more loud. >> this is really dangerous nonsense. we have a way to do it, john. interrogate them, detain them, and try them in military commissions offshore. >> did that idea just occur to you? republicans were for terrorism trials in the united states when george w. bush was president. then so was president obama, so now republicans are against it. under george w. bush the united states senate voted to raise the debt ceiling seven separate times, and each time it enjoyed all sorts of republican support. in 2002, in 2003, and in 2004 again 350 reps said let's raise the debt ceiling. in 2007, 26 republicans and in 2008 there were two votes to raise the debt ceiling supported by 34 leps the first time and 33 republicans the second time during the bush administration. as you might expect in the bush administration, raising th
what george w. bush proposed trying internationalerrorism suspects in u.s. federal courts, the outcry from congressional republicans at the time sounded like this. when barack obama proposed doing exactly the same thing, it sounded somewhat more loud. >> this is really dangerous nonsense. we have a way to do it, john. interrogate them, detain them, and try them in military commissions offshore. >> did that idea just occur to you? republicans were for terrorism trials in the united...
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it was 2005, george bush's second inaugural. she also covered 2001, the first bush inaugural. it was 1997, the bill clinton second inaugural. it was 1993, the first bill clinton inaugural. she was there also in 1989 when george bush, the elder took over. she was there in 1985, president reagan's re-election. she was there in 1981, the first reagan inaugural. that's andrea mitchell. if i end up doing these for as long as andrea mitchell has done these, i will be covering every inauguration from now until 2041, by which time i will be coming to you, presumably, as a hologram. so help me god. second inaugural, as opposed to a first inaugural when one president is leaving and another is starting, and we're covering a second inauguration, like we will be this year there's something different. governing is already under way. the president has started some things that he intends to finish in his second term. sort of a sense of continuity, well informed expectation about what kind of president this is going to be and where he is likely to go. when president obama was inaugurated. firs
it was 2005, george bush's second inaugural. she also covered 2001, the first bush inaugural. it was 1997, the bill clinton second inaugural. it was 1993, the first bill clinton inaugural. she was there also in 1989 when george bush, the elder took over. she was there in 1985, president reagan's re-election. she was there in 1981, the first reagan inaugural. that's andrea mitchell. if i end up doing these for as long as andrea mitchell has done these, i will be covering every inauguration from...
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. >> this afternoon i spoke to former president george w. bush. it's well known that he and i disagreed about the war from its outset. no one can doubt president bush's support for our troops or his love of country and commitment to our security. >> commitment to our security. you know, i get these style points here. i get the presidential magnanimity, let's turn the page you seem like a nice enough guy. if there's one thing that disproves people being committed to american security it has to be that person starting a war that had nothing to do with american security. that's the big american lesson of the iraq war. don't be so reckless with american security you start a war without reason to. that was the first strange props to george bush moments in the last couple of weeks. last night there was this from the vice president. on the "coal on the "colbert report." >> let's talk about president bush for a second. the administration has got some critique and criticism from me and my conservative friends that you have not given enough credit to presid
. >> this afternoon i spoke to former president george w. bush. it's well known that he and i disagreed about the war from its outset. no one can doubt president bush's support for our troops or his love of country and commitment to our security. >> commitment to our security. you know, i get these style points here. i get the presidential magnanimity, let's turn the page you seem like a nice enough guy. if there's one thing that disproves people being committed to american security...
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district judge and george w. bush appointee ruling against the man that ridate that required citizens and pay a fine and exceeds the constitutional boundary of congressional power. this dispute is not about regulating the business of insurance or crafting the universal health insurance coverage, but an individual's right to choose to participate. the first time a judge ruled against the loss since signed in march, mr. obama dismissing the rule suggest par for the course. >> that's the nature. when social security was passed, there was all kinds of lawsuits. >> the gop is calling for the supreme court to get involved as soon as possible. apparently republicans are now for judicial activism after they were against it. they showed he owns a hefty chunk of a republican consulting firm. campaign solutions inc. they worked against health care reform and characterizes hudson as a passive investor who owned stock for the past 13 years. they said the judge had no knowledge of the day to day operations. the firm's clients
district judge and george w. bush appointee ruling against the man that ridate that required citizens and pay a fine and exceeds the constitutional boundary of congressional power. this dispute is not about regulating the business of insurance or crafting the universal health insurance coverage, but an individual's right to choose to participate. the first time a judge ruled against the loss since signed in march, mr. obama dismissing the rule suggest par for the course. >> that's the...
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bush, who released 17 years worth of financial details. having offered a bare minimum, we then learned that mr. romney asked for an extension, which means we're unlikely to learn anything about that until just before or after the election. he seems to want to live by the letter of the law, but not by spirit. here's how he put it when talking about his tax returns this year. >> i pay all the tacks that are legal taxes that are legally required and not a dollar more. >> i pay all the taxes that are legally required. eugene robinson put it so eloquently, in making his money, romney appears to take every imaginable inch that the law arguably allows. but slowly and surely, we started to learn more about this candidate's investments. that he had swiss bank accounts. that he's placeded money offshore in the cayman islands and now, we're learning about an offshore company in bermuda called high yield asset investors limited, that has been invisible for almost 15 years. who knows what else we'll discover in the weeks ahead. but one thing is absolut
bush, who released 17 years worth of financial details. having offered a bare minimum, we then learned that mr. romney asked for an extension, which means we're unlikely to learn anything about that until just before or after the election. he seems to want to live by the letter of the law, but not by spirit. here's how he put it when talking about his tax returns this year. >> i pay all the tacks that are legal taxes that are legally required and not a dollar more. >> i pay all the...
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and yes, george w. bush was still president and in charge of protecting our embassies in 2008. time now to bring in chris hayes, washington editor of the nation magazine. good evening, chris. >> good evening, lawrence. >> chris, this is an or wellian test of our collective intelligence that giuliani wants to give us. it is the equivalent of insisting that no u.s. military base was attacked during franklin roosevelt's presidency. is rudy giuliani right? are americans, or at least 51% of voting americans really as stupid as he thinks they are? >> well, no. the short answer is no. he's going to be ridiculed, this spokesperson had to walk it back. this will be seen largely as a gaffe. in fact, it's an occasion to sort of recite the fact that all these small, relatively small incidents, whether you want to call them terrorism, or domestic attacks, whatever, it did happen during george w. bush's term. i think the broader point, though, is that, you know, even if people aren't going to buy the fact that 9/11 didn't happen or things after 9/11 didn't happen, there is this creation myth
and yes, george w. bush was still president and in charge of protecting our embassies in 2008. time now to bring in chris hayes, washington editor of the nation magazine. good evening, chris. >> good evening, lawrence. >> chris, this is an or wellian test of our collective intelligence that giuliani wants to give us. it is the equivalent of insisting that no u.s. military base was attacked during franklin roosevelt's presidency. is rudy giuliani right? are americans, or at least 51%...
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now, whatever you think of that style of law enforcement program and that george w. bush administration starting it and the obama administration continuing it, to this militia blogger guy, to the break their windows, break them now guy, this got reimagined as a conspiracy to eliminate the second amendment. to take away your guns by selling them to people on the border. if it doesn't sound like it makes sense, it's because it doesn't make sense. to the fevered mind of a full time conspiracy theorist who sees himself oz part of an armed movement, that's what he made up, and boy, has he gone places with it. this is the way he would explain it on his blog, the gun walking program. >> this is crazy, right? the theory here is the obama administration sold too many guns in order to create gun violence in order to cause revolt in the american people about the horrible thing those guns are doing in order to make people feel more positive about gun control so then they could get away with taking everyone's guns away secretly some day after they stop selling the extra guns to g
now, whatever you think of that style of law enforcement program and that george w. bush administration starting it and the obama administration continuing it, to this militia blogger guy, to the break their windows, break them now guy, this got reimagined as a conspiracy to eliminate the second amendment. to take away your guns by selling them to people on the border. if it doesn't sound like it makes sense, it's because it doesn't make sense. to the fevered mind of a full time conspiracy...
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>> george w. bush had the nra working out of his office when he was selected by the supreme court back in 2000. and a lot of my friends were in d.c. with gun safety groups, and they found it very disspiriting, it was hard to get anything done with a republican president and the republican governor, the movement hadn't really developed the way it probably should have and it was going to emulate mothers against drunk driving. so we went awol, we really did as a movement. if you look at the map in 1981, none of the states had stand your group laws. today, every single state has a concealed carry law. so the battlegrounds is the state. there's a grass roots movement growing and growing. i think the more energized we become. >> there's two factors here, as someone who's covered the politics of this, there's the horror of the tragedies we have seen, over and over and over. and there's also the fact that, in some ways the people on the other side of this issue have to keep winning things, the more they w
>> george w. bush had the nra working out of his office when he was selected by the supreme court back in 2000. and a lot of my friends were in d.c. with gun safety groups, and they found it very disspiriting, it was hard to get anything done with a republican president and the republican governor, the movement hadn't really developed the way it probably should have and it was going to emulate mothers against drunk driving. so we went awol, we really did as a movement. if you look at the...
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richard nixon, jimmy ford, george hw bush, bill clinton, george w. bush and i, say we must get off oil. the time for talk is over. the world is different now. our country is different now. the scales have fallen from our eyes. people say we're not ready. they're right. we're not ready. we weren't ready to fight in world war ii before pearl harbor happened. events have forced this fight upon us now. i no longer say we must get off oil. i no longer say we must get off oil. we will get off oil and here is how. the united states senate will pass an energy bill this year. the senate version of the year will not expand offshore drilling. the earlier targets for energy efficiency and renewable energy sources will be doubled or tripled. if senators use the filibuster, we will pass it by reconciliation which ensures a majority vote. if there are elements of a bill that cannot be passed by reconciliation, if they can be instituted by executive order, i will institute them. the political coward es that kep kept politicians doing right by this country, finally s
richard nixon, jimmy ford, george hw bush, bill clinton, george w. bush and i, say we must get off oil. the time for talk is over. the world is different now. our country is different now. the scales have fallen from our eyes. people say we're not ready. they're right. we're not ready. we weren't ready to fight in world war ii before pearl harbor happened. events have forced this fight upon us now. i no longer say we must get off oil. i no longer say we must get off oil. we will get off oil and...
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>> you know, the only thing i can think of -- and it's kind of a stretch admittedly, is the george bush speech after 9/11 on september 20th where the country was in such a different state. i mean, that was just a real emotional and genuine crisis. but the reaction that he got, i mean, that was the finest moment of his presidency. i think we can all agree. he built real political capital there. this is a different situation, but obama was on the brink of a really profound loss of momentum for his young administration. and he came out and he both articulated a vision that he hadn't before. but i think what jonathan said is really important, he he -- republicans really don't matter. they do have a great majority in the house. they have 60 votes, we hope, in the senate. they have to pay attention to each other. and what has to happen tomorrow is for the president to go out and begin to talk to the blue dogs and members of his own party. >> that is the key. >> and begin to exercise and enforce some party discipline. jonathan's right, you can't be against this bill and be a democrat. >> and h
>> you know, the only thing i can think of -- and it's kind of a stretch admittedly, is the george bush speech after 9/11 on september 20th where the country was in such a different state. i mean, that was just a real emotional and genuine crisis. but the reaction that he got, i mean, that was the finest moment of his presidency. i think we can all agree. he built real political capital there. this is a different situation, but obama was on the brink of a really profound loss of momentum...
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about fighting the guys karl rove and george bush had already defeated. >> look, this -- it took him 80-some odd days to do this. it took us 50-some odd days to remove the taliban from power in afghanistan after 9/11. it took him 80-some odd days for him to basically say, i'm going to give mcchrystal three quarters of what he requested. >> then obama won't need 25 months. to berkeley, california now, and the founder and publisher of daily k daily coast, marcos. eight years later, there should be an open-ended war to beat the taliban? >> if you're looking for intellectual consistency with these guys, you're going to be sorely disappointed. what happened, yes, the taliban was knocked off in 50 days or so, but then the administration, the bush/cheney/rove administration ignored the issue and it gave the taliban eight years to perfect the art of asymmetrical warfare. now the taliban is far more effective than it ever was those early days. and it's all because of the incompetence and irresponsibility of the bush/cheney/rove gang. >> what does it say that people like rove essentially get w
about fighting the guys karl rove and george bush had already defeated. >> look, this -- it took him 80-some odd days to do this. it took us 50-some odd days to remove the taliban from power in afghanistan after 9/11. it took him 80-some odd days for him to basically say, i'm going to give mcchrystal three quarters of what he requested. >> then obama won't need 25 months. to berkeley, california now, and the founder and publisher of daily k daily coast, marcos. eight years later,...
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but a lot started in george w. bush. they forgot that. and they remember electing a somewhat downhome texas governor who almost destroyed the country. >> well, at this point, remember there was that one billboard that went up saying miss me yet? that was the picture. if rick perry gets the nomination, liberals will start to put up that billboard. >> we remember when we had this smart i want lek chntellectual >> congratulations on your move, thanks for being here. >>> mitt romney likes to tell unemployed people he meets on the campaign trail that he's unemployed too. while he was practicing sinkers like that, democrat counselor was drafting a budget plan aimed at putting 2 million real americans to work. ead of her cl. morning starts with arthritis pain... that's two pills before the first bell. [ bell rings ] it's time for recess... and more pills. afternoon art starts and so does her knee pain, that's two more pills. almost done, but hang on... her doctor recommended aleve because it can relieve pain all day with just two pills. this is
but a lot started in george w. bush. they forgot that. and they remember electing a somewhat downhome texas governor who almost destroyed the country. >> well, at this point, remember there was that one billboard that went up saying miss me yet? that was the picture. if rick perry gets the nomination, liberals will start to put up that billboard. >> we remember when we had this smart i want lek chntellectual >> congratulations on your move, thanks for being here. >>>...
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these kind of practices put in place by george w. bush. that is going to be -- we're going to close that chapter in american history. what this reveals is that that chapter is far from being closed. it's still being written. >> we are still arguing based on the movie "zero dark thirty" whether or not enhanced interrogation, torture, helped us get osama bin laden, and you hear conflicting reports about whether or not that was true. if you ask the average person, does interrogation enhance interrogation, does torture work? you'll get ten different anz. we are as a country very much grappling with these questions and trying to sort of move our way through the maze, and i think at the end of the day the chief executive determines that is he going to err on the side of the safety of the american people. if there is a judgment call to be made, he is going to say i will do what i need to do to protect this country, and i think george bush would have said that, and it's pretty clear that barack obama is saying that. >> franklin, i'm curious to kno
these kind of practices put in place by george w. bush. that is going to be -- we're going to close that chapter in american history. what this reveals is that that chapter is far from being closed. it's still being written. >> we are still arguing based on the movie "zero dark thirty" whether or not enhanced interrogation, torture, helped us get osama bin laden, and you hear conflicting reports about whether or not that was true. if you ask the average person, does...
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the republican party is still george bush's party, ben bernanke's party, it's not very popular, this anti-debt, let's save america, let's bring prosperity back is quite popular. the republican national committee today launched this listen to me campaign, in which average americans demanded to congress, listen to them. that was ripped precisely from the tea party movement and the rally yesterday. talk radio uses that slogan. the tea party movement is populism, it's anti-wall street, it's anti-government. the republican party is not really anti-wall street, they're protax cuts. this is a -- all the energy i think against democrats right now, is coming from that movement, of course it's going to drive the republican party. >> and i think it's going to be an awkward marriage between the two, when we get down to brass tacks of policy. as long as they can keep it not about policy, they can enjoy one another's company. >> so far. >> i guess so. thank you for coming on tonight. >> thank you for having me. >>> this was seen as a first campaign website for her senate run, carlyfornia, you migh
the republican party is still george bush's party, ben bernanke's party, it's not very popular, this anti-debt, let's save america, let's bring prosperity back is quite popular. the republican national committee today launched this listen to me campaign, in which average americans demanded to congress, listen to them. that was ripped precisely from the tea party movement and the rally yesterday. talk radio uses that slogan. the tea party movement is populism, it's anti-wall street, it's...